The Connecticut organization Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity has announced Joelle A. Murchison has been named the group’s new executive director, effective April 1, following the recent departure of founding Director Carolyn Golden Hebsgaard.

An adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business, Murchison is the founder and principal of ExecMommyGroup, a Connecticut-based inclusion, leadership and coaching consulting practice. She chairs the board of the Hartford-based RE-Center (Race and Equity in Education Center) and serves on the boards of the Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Pembroke Center Associates and College Possible, a national nonprofit focused on college access.